WE DIDN'T COME FOR SOME STUPID ASS STEPHEN A SMITH HOT TAKE SHOW OR JEREMY LIN OR TMAC WE CAME HERE FOR @Clutch Austin Training Camp Series II THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1999 12:00 AM CT By Clutch Copyright 1999 ClutchFans.net Charles Barkley chats after practice Barkley sits while icing down his knees and speaking to Rocket staff members This picture didn't turn out great but I snapped while Charles headed towards the door and was making fun of Matt Bullard yelling at him in a funny way for something Outside of the gym, Charles stops to sign autographs for the kids Bryce Drew sits and chats with Cuttino Mobley Bryce Drew, Walt Williams and Tony Massenburg (right, head down) sit on the bench after practice Steve Francis heads toward the bus after practice after signing autographs for some of the students of the St. Stephens School Hakeem works on mid-range jumpers and facing up to the basket with one of the coaches. Hakeem probably hit 70-80% of the shots he threw up. Hakeem signs some autographs and makes toward the bus after practice A close-up shot of Dream as he walks right by me into the bus Cuttino Mobley and Carlos Rogers shoot the breeze. Kenny Thomas (left) has his back to the camera. PICTURES THAT TURNED OUT EVEN MORE BLURRY Unfortunately, some pictures really didn't come out well at all, a shame considering some of these could have been good shots. Maybe down the road we'll find someone who could shoot better pictures because I'm definitely lacking in photography skills Hakeem Olajuwon sits alone after practice. I was right there next to him and still kick myself for not asking him a few questions Don MacLean gets some attention for his knees. Walt Williams is on the left. Tony Massenburg shoots jumpers after practice. Massenburg told Clutch his back is feeling better and he hopes to go by the end of the week. Shandon Anderson enjoys a laugh with a member of Rocket personnel after practice L to R: Kenny Thomas, Cuttino Mobley (front) and Shandon Anderson cool down after practice. The day started out with me forgetting the Rockets had switched from 2-a-days to one practice session per. So instead of the 10am to noon session, practice started later in the day. It was a great experience talking to Shandon and Cuttino and I felt more comfortable, so I went for gold. Charles Barkley was sitting alone over to the side, so I got the guts to head over. Clutch: Hey Charles, can I ask you a few questions? Barkley: Sure, man. Clutch: I write for a website called Clutch City Online and a lot of fans asked about the new rules. I know it's being casually referred to as the "Barkley Rule", but we wanted to know how you think this is going to affect your game and the Rockets game this season, being that the Rockets always do a lot of post up. Barkley: I don't think it will affect me at all to be honest with you. I think it will give me an advantage because I know exactly how quick I have to make my move.... and it only counts if you're dribbling the ball, so if you're facing up it doesn't matter so I don't think it affects me at all. Clutch: Who do you think is the "Team to Beat" in the West this year? Barkley: There is a lot of good teams. I don't think there are any great, great teams. San Antonio is very good. I think the Lakers obviously are going to be better. I like our chances after that. Clutch: We have a lot of Rocket fans here in Austin and I know many wanted to know what you think of Austin so far. Barkley: (excited) Oh it's nice man, I had never been here before. I'm having a great time. I am. I was excited to see the city and it's been... Clutch: Hit Sixth Street? Barkley: Yeah, I went to Sixth Street last night. It's an interesting street. You can get in some trouble down there. (laughter). Clutch: Great. I saw some of practice yesterday and you looked great yesterday. I appreciate you taking the time... Barkley: No problem man. @Ziggy
Let you in a little secret. I ran into Jeff back in the day in Austin. We talked about the board. I obviously didn't give two taco bell dumps about this section. But Jeff told me about it then. Let's just say he could have easily erased this section with the snap of his finger. His power was on equal with Clutch. You see how the newbs treat the REAL MEMBERS of Clutchfans? Jeff had issues with people here. no doubt about that. So all the Left and Right, No this isn't the real world AT ALL. If Clutch wanted to shut it down, it would be easy. It's not a democracy here.
Yeah, this literally means nothing. An airhead talking about how smart and above they are doesn't make them smart or above. Honestly speaking, and I don't want to make to big of an assumption, but based on a lot of your post you seem to pretty safely on the right economically, I don't know where you are socially, you seem to favor authoritarianism and law and order a good deal as well which isn't a left or right thing but it's another political identifier. You can take this for fun if your interested https://8values.github.io/quiz.html
NONE OF YOU CAN MATCH THE PASSION OF THE REAL REASONS THIS BOARD EXIST @Jeff R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Here's What It Means to Me MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2000 12:00 AM CT By Jeff Balke Copyright 2000 ClutchFans.net Clutch City The Rockets brought home the only two major championships the city has ever known I am a native Houstonian, born and raised. I've spent only about 9 months living outside of the city I still call home and have seen a lot of changes in H-Town over the past 30 years. I've seen the growth and development of one of the nation's most beautiful skylines. I've been through one hurricane and countless other tropical weather systems. I've survived the heat, the humidity and even the occasional freeze. The migration of northerners to Houston during the oil boom of the 80's caused some temporary frustration and civic pride in the form of "If You Love NY, Go Home!" bumper stickers. For me personally, it conspired to bring the woman I now call my wife to Houston from New Jersey. Sports, in particular, has had a dramatic effect on Houston. It has galvanized us during the Luv Ya Blue, Clutch City and Cardiac Kids days and has torn us apart while we watched the Oilers leave and wonderful people like J.R. Richard and Kim Perrot suffer. To slightly alter a famous phrase: These have been the best of times. These have been the worst of times. Like all Texans, we Houstonians are a proud lot. From a little town in east Texas known to the rest of the world only for NASA to the fourth largest city in the nation, there is no reason not to be proud. But, for a city with as much pride as Houston, we are remarkably thin-skinned. For as long as I can remember, Houston has had a severe inferiority complex and that hasn't changed in the new millennium. The most recent example of the "lack of respect" shown Houston is the NBA not including the improbable run to the championship by the 1995 Rockets in its latest video featuring great underdogs and comebacks in the NBA. Is it a mistake not to include the Rockets team? Absolutely. Was it intentional? Who knows. Does it really matter? Only if we let it. Earning the respect of my peers has always been important to me. I've been a musician for better than half my life and there are usually two things musicians strive for and they are mutually exclusive: popularity or respect. All those who want to be rock stars desire popularity. Everyone else wants respect. As a young musician, I did everything I could to prove myself, not my age group but to older guys. I surrounded myself with great players and practiced like crazy. By the time I was in my early 20's, I had accomplished a lot with regards to my own abilities. I hadn't gotten a record deal or made a lot of money, but I was a good player. Then, I made a startling realization. To be well-respected, whether you are popular or not, you have to respect yourself. If you don't think you're any good, no one else will either. It was a realization that fundamentally changed my life. When I think about that, I realize that we Houstonians have to realize the same thing. We spend a great deal of time concerning ourselves with what the rest of the world has to say about us. As a result, every mis-spoken word by a national announcer, every highlight not shown, every time someone passes Houston over, every time we are underestimated becomes a perceived slight of our fair city, its citizens and its sports franchises. When the Oilers left town, no one could believe it, but there was an obnoxious sense of self-love in the air too. "To hell with Bud!" became our cry. We were shafted by a greedy owner and a league that perceived us as some backwater hick town. When LA got every break in the fight for a new team, it wasn't because it is the second biggest media market in the nation or the second largest city or because it is the land of glitz and glamour. No, to us it was the NFL disrespecting us again. This may or may not all be true, but what is for sure is that we don't help our own cause. Before the Rockets won back to back championships, we were the city of chokers. The Astros, Oilers and Rockets had all fallen short of the glory over and over and we knew they would do it again. Then, suddenly, the jinx was broken, or was it? Instead of extolling the virtues of our teams and our city, we still focus too much time and effort on how everyone disrespects us. It may seem a little corny, but we are what we think and we have to stay positive. A wise man once said that every idea and every action begin with a single thought. If your thoughts are positive, the results are positive. Take a lesson from those same "underdog" champions in 1995. During the finals against the Orlando Magic, Hannah Storm reported from the Rockets bench. She said that the players were very calm in the huddle despite being down a significant amount at the time. The reason they were calm is because they didn't think they were going to pull out a victory. They knew it. It may seem like a subtle difference, but it isn't. When a player has confidence in his shot, they all seem to fall. Remember that classic moment during the Bulls vs. Trailblazers finals when Jordan looked over at the NBC announcers and shrugged his shoulders as if to say, "I don't know how the shots are going it, they just are!" That is being in the zone. I've been there as a musician and it is a magical place. Every note you play is like a gift from God. There is almost nothing you can't do in that place. The zone comes from confidence and the knowing that you will be successful in anything you attempt. Life becomes easy even if it looks incredibly difficult from the outside and doing what guys like Jordan does looks EXTREMELY difficult! We, as fans, need to realize that it is time for us all to enter the zone. It doesn't mean we can't be critical of the team. Far from it. Growth requires criticism. We need to know what's wrong in order to know what is right. What I am suggesting is that we shouldn't automatically assume the worst - from our team, our city or anyone else. It doesn't mean that bad things won't happen. We just won't cause them by our thinking. When we know, not just believe, everything becomes easier. Another wise man once said that when a flower reaches for the light, it is not working hard, it is simply doing what it knows is necessary. In other words, there is no such thing as hard work, only work. We choose to make it hard. The same logic applies to respect or the lack thereof. There is no such thing as disrespect, only the belief on our part that it exists. The next time someone slights your team or your city or you, don't get angry. Learn from it. Within every disrespectful statement is some truism from which we can learn. If someone thinks you are wrong, don't just assume they are incorrect, find out why they think that way and try to improve yourself in the process. We all have something to learn. When others see that you are not effected by their taunts, their level of respect for you and your opinion will rise. Confidence in yourself and the realization that you aren't perfect but can learn from your mistakes rather than getting down on yourself for them is the key to earning the respect we all desire. It is no different for the Rockets or the city of Houston. Rather than being frustrated by inaction, take it upon yourself to act, positively. Instead of bemoaning the possible loss of the Rockets, get out and do something to stop it. Write to your government officials. Write to the Rockets. Organize support rallies. Let everyone know just what an asset the Rockets are to Houston. Instead of fearing the worst, make the best possible scenario happen. It's time for us to all think positive and earn that respect we so desperately want. After all, we deserve it.
@Os Trigonum @Reeko @rocketsjudoka @RayRay10 If you guys made a thread about Stone Cold Steve Austin and Stone Cold Steven Austin actually posted on the thread Then any thing he says is the topic cause he's the topic!
Take the test topic boy. It's not a left or right test. It has 4 scales - economic, social, civil, societal and it will formulate which ideology it finds you closest to. Just for fun, the biggest problem is there's no nuance in the questions, but I think that's how you view politics anyways so perhaps it fits you.
@Sweet Lou 4 2 Before this board was obsessed with paid media hot take shows, We got information from Real Rockets Fans Power of the Internet FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1999 11:21 PM CST By Clutch Copyright 1999 ClutchFans.net Most of you know that clutchcity.net had the Steve Francis trade rumor KRIV report up on the page Tuesday night, a full day before any online publication got word of the rumor. But what some of you may not know is that the posters rocketsfan34 and popeye of the Clutch BBS got wind of this deal long before even KRIV mentioned it. rocketsfan34 was in a shopping mall and overheard an assumed Rocket employee on a cell phone talking about how Rudy is trying his best to acquire Francis, and even mentioned Dickerson and Othella in the phone conversation. Many posters, including myself, ridiculed him for the post. Then a day later, popeye posted full details about talks going on with Vancouver to acquire Francis and that they had been going on for 2 weeks. Again there were doubters (again including myself). The next day KRIV broke the story and reported the same thing.
I saw playoff games at the summit in the nosebleeds in 87. We lost all of them but the place was rocking.
I recall the tag line for the site in that lynx browser was something like, "A site dedicated to the team i love"
Next level pureness Twin towers Toast of the town We will rock you Unbeatable Etonic did you parking in greenway or crossed the bridge from edloe
